{"id":1674,"date":"2012-09-26T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2012-02-06T23:13:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T05:13:44","slug":"how-to-have-a-very-difficult-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/how-to-have-a-very-difficult-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Have a Very Difficult Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt of one of David\u2019s coaching sessions in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topcoachingtechniques.com\/\">Top Coaching Techniques<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David: So I\u2019ve got the sense that there are some things you haven\u2019t been telling the absolute truth about, and you want to feel better about these things and be honest without huge upset.<\/p>\n<p>Client: Right. This is with a few of my relationships with my family, I guess, for different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>David: Okay. So, the first point I would make is that sometimes huge upset might be appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Client: Yeah, I realize that there could be some risks. I have wanted to talk openly with them, but that\u2019s the fear &#8211; that there would be this big upset, and of course, I\u2019m worried about losing love.<\/p>\n<p>David: Yes, I totally get it. So one of the definitions of being powerful is to be straight in your communication and to take what you get. I totally understand that that\u2019s asking a lot of you. You really have to stand tall and even grow and be a bigger person to say, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m going to take it. Whatever the upset is, I\u2019m going to let them be, and just take whatever it gets.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt of one of David\u2019s coaching sessions in Top Coaching Techniques. 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